Top 5 best golf games on iPhone

The last eight months of Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods's life have been a rollercoaster.

14 Major titles, 97 professional wins, $1 billion in winnings and endorsements - yet in November 2009 the only number on the world's mind was 121 ladies. See the National Enquirer for more details.

Anyway, next Thursday the serial birdie maker and 155 other professional swingers will descend upon St Andrews for The Open Championship, which was won last year by somebody. The attention this time around, though, will primarily and predictably fall on the big American cat.

Because we're considerate, we've compiled a list of the top five golf games on iPhone. So that you can occupy yourself constructively during one or 12 of Peter Alliss's dreary reminiscences about the golden days when a young golfer's wood only saw life on the range.

In development for longer than a typical Tiger Woods affair, Eurocentre's stunningly presented crazy golf sim was worth the wait. It even supports iPhone 4's Retina display.

Offering clubbers the world over a mind-boggling 72 courses to dexterously navigate, Adrenaline Golf Online isn't short on hazards, platforms, and opponents.

As the game's moniker would suggest, over-the-air putting duels are an important component of the whole package, not least because bonuses collected during an online round can be used to handicap your opponent in real time.